#toes

Public and private food in America has become eatable, here and there extremely good. Only the fried potatoes go unchanged, as deadly as before. ↗

— Luigi Barzini

#become #before #deadly #extremely #food

I once tried standing up on my toes to see far out in the distance, but I found that I could see much farther by climbing to a high place. ↗

— Xun Zi

#could #distance #far #farther #found

I loved to get all dusty and ride horses and plant potatoes and cotton. ↗

— Dorothy Malone

#cotton #dusty #get #horses #i

The abolition of slavery, apart from preservation of the Union, was the most important result of our Civil War. But the transition was badly handled. Slaves were simply declared free and then left to their own devises. Southern Negroes, powerless, continued to be underprivileged in education, medical care, job opportunities and political status. ↗

— William Silverman

#black-history #racism-in-the-west #education

We should not rely on our feelings; we had to walk by faith and not by sight. If we preserve in the Lord, we always succeed. ↗

— Angus Buchan

#faith

Peter Marshall, the great evangelical preacher, once said that we need "faith like potatoes" - plain, simple, real faith that will sustain us in our everyday lives. Whenever I pick up a potato I remember those words. That's the kind of faith I want. When we have faith and act on it, God will come through for us, no matter what our circumstances. God is King! ↗

— Angus Buchan

#faith

I had a choice: I could believe the lies of the devil, in which case I was on my way to suicide, or I could believe in the promises of God, and be taken through my time of trial. ↗

— Angus Buchan

#faith

I shut my eyes tight in the darkness. "I believe in Jesus Christ," I said. "With God all things are possible. ↗

— Angus Buchan

#faith

We all learned valuable lessons from that crop. The Lord showed us the importance of walking by faith, and not by sight, of trusting him unconditionally and never giving up. ↗

— Angus Buchan

#faith

William Carey, the great Baptist missionary, said, "Attempt great things for God and expect great things from God. ↗

— Angus Buchan

#faith